Man arrested in death of common-law wife

PLAINVIEW - Mijoy Sierra, 22, of Plainview was shot and killed early Thursday, allegedly by her common-law husband, while the couple's three young children were in the home, according to police.

Officers responded to a 5:20 a.m. 911 call made by Christopher Lee Salinas, 24, said police Capt. Michael T. Carroll. Upon arrival at the scene in the 100 block of Alpine Street, police found Sierra on a bedroom floor with a single 38-caliber gunshot wound to her face.

Salinas was arrested and arraigned on a murder charge. He was in Hale County Jail on Thursday afternoon on $250,000 bond, Carroll said.

The children, an infant, a toddler and a 6-year-old boy, were placed in the custody of Salina's mother, Carroll said. Police are making arrangements to learn what, if anything, the oldest child witnessed.

Carroll said Sierra had filed charges on Salinas several times in the past and had protective orders against him. She had sought help from a women's crisis center. However, she dropped all charges and reconciled with Salinas.